Early Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle studies

DSMAC or GPS most likely.
Most DSMAC is IIR-based. How well would that work whilst going through the atmosphere at Mach 20? GPS is fine for fixed targets as long as it hasn't been jammed.

Pershing II used a radar DSMAC. Several Chinese ballistic missiles do the same. Indian as well.
Oh right, I was counting RADAC and DSMAC as two separate things. Radar should work if not jammed.
 
Are there any ideas on how they intended to guide these things? I remember it being said back around 1991 that CEP increased with manoeuvrable RVs unless they had terminal guidance. \

Curious where you heard this. AMaRV's accuracy was as good as contemporary ballistic RVs when evading and better if just course correcting.
All done inertially.
 
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Curious where you heard this. AMaRV's accuracy was as good as contemporary ballistic RVs when evading and better if just course correcting.
All done inertially.
I read it in the IN COMBAT series back in 1991. Accuracy was lost because the inertial system is backed up by astro-referencing pre-release, but inside the atmosphere astro-referencing is lost and you're just left with inertial. Actually, no I didn't read it in IN COMBAT... I'm not sure??

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Are there any ideas on how they intended to guide these things? I remember it being said back around 1991 that CEP increased with manoeuvrable RVs unless they had terminal guidance. \

Curious where you heard this. AMaRV's accuracy was as good as contemporary ballistic RVs when evading and better if just course correcting.
All done inertially.

Speaking of AMarV (From https://twitter.com/divert_thruster)

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"A new approach was needed. In Fiscal Year 1977, he Air Force began testing "strapdown" (solid-state) inertial guidance for its second-generation maneuvering reentry vehicles. Pictured: the RV in question, AMaRV (Advanced Maneuvering Reentry vehicle) "

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Picture 5, (Arrgh, you're using the torque wrench wrong! And unsafe, and with an extension... for a dial torque wrench? Aggghhh) Got to be an engineer :)

Randy
 
Picture 5, (Arrgh, you're using the torque wrench wrong! And unsafe, and with an extension... for a dial torque wrench? Aggghhh) Got to be an engineer :)

Randy

Cheater bars are used enough with torque wrenches that there are simple equations for technicians to use. That said, when's the last time you saw a wooden ladder?

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Picture 5, (Arrgh, you're using the torque wrench wrong! And unsafe, and with an extension... for a dial torque wrench? Aggghhh) Got to be an engineer :)

Randy

Cheater bars are used enough with torque wrenches that there are simple equations for technicians to use. That said, when's the last time you saw a wooden ladder?

Not so much the 'use' of the cheater bar but the inability to actually and accuratly SEE the dial on the torque wrench all added together :)

As to wooden ladders, about two years ago, to address a "safety" write up we bought 4 wooden ladders to use in our Wash Bay as our QA was 'concerned' (hence the write up :) ) that metal and/or fiberglass ladders would become too slick during washing operations....

The electrical shop we swapped them out with, (for fiberglass ladders) is still using them today and they get a lot of "wow, wooden ladders" comments from inspectors :)

Randy
 
Picture 5, (Arrgh, you're using the torque wrench wrong! And unsafe, and with an extension... for a dial torque wrench? Aggghhh) Got to be an engineer :)

Randy

Cheater bars are used enough with torque wrenches that there are simple equations for technicians to use. That said, when's the last time you saw a wooden ladder?

Not so much the 'use' of the cheater bar but the inability to actually and accuratly SEE the dial on the torque wrench all added together :)

When you can't see the dial you go by the, "tighten 'til you hear the *crack* then back off a quarter turn" method. ;) :eek:
 
Picture 5, (Arrgh, you're using the torque wrench wrong! And unsafe, and with an extension... for a dial torque wrench? Aggghhh) Got to be an engineer :)

Randy

Cheater bars are used enough with torque wrenches that there are simple equations for technicians to use. That said, when's the last time you saw a wooden ladder?

Not so much the 'use' of the cheater bar but the inability to actually and accuratly SEE the dial on the torque wrench all added together :)

When you can't see the dial you go by the, "tighten 'til you hear the *crack* then back off a quarter turn" method. ;) :eek:

And people like YOU sir are the reason people like ME, (and a majority of PMEL technicians I might add) have too much white hair and drinking problems :D

Randy
 
What was those Reentry concepts of 1959 ?,

a generic designs only ?.

 

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A sintered, porous nose tip is fed with high-pressure water (2,000 to 3,000 psi) from a reservoir holding purified, de-mineralized water.

...Wait, I'm confused. Just what was the purpose of this? Was the water ejected during reentry as a form of ablation?
...Like this:

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Large 1960's USAF McDonnell Re-Entry Prototype


$3,850.00

Quite rare prototype model as there isn’t much on this particular model but from my research looks to be similar to manned re-entry rockets USAF and McDonnell were developing during the this period (late 50-60’s) . You can see by the unique shape in the end it corresponds to the early maneuverable re-entry rockets. The mount is from the period and placard says I22 M Aero Ballistic Re-Entry Vehicle McDonnell. The model is made of aluminum and is 19” long—has age old wear on the aluminum body and original graphics on the piece.
During this period of R&D lots of designs were kept secret / destroyed/ and kept by engineers . It is nice to see some of these hard to find models surface one in a while.
 

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I've read about decoys being deployed along with reentry vehicles. I am at a loss to find a reference. Any help? The earlier the better.
 

Large 1960's USAF McDonnell Re-Entry Prototype


$3,850.00

Quite rare prototype model as there isn’t much on this particular model but from my research looks to be similar to manned re-entry rockets USAF and McDonnell were developing during the this period (late 50-60’s) . You can see by the unique shape in the end it corresponds to the early maneuverable re-entry rockets. The mount is from the period and placard says I22 M Aero Ballistic Re-Entry Vehicle McDonnell. The model is made of aluminum and is 19” long—has age old wear on the aluminum body and original graphics on the piece.
During this period of R&D lots of designs were kept secret / destroyed/ and kept by engineers . It is nice to see some of these hard to find models surface one in a while.

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Simliar to our Museum's Alpha Draco model save for the absence of flaps at the aft end for directional control.

Thanks for posting! Mark
 

This weird russian MaRV, a Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle, capable of autonomously tracking ground targets.​

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r/AtomicPorn - This weird russian MaRV, a Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle, capable of autonomously tracking ground targets.


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"A typical BGRV flight trajectory and footprint is illustrated in Figure 12. In profile, the Atlas missile would fly to an altitude of about 130,000 feet, turn to horizontal flight to gain speed, and then would separate BGRV on a glide-path at over Mach 15 toward 110,000 foot altitude. The vehicle would spin up, establish a lifting angle of attack to offset gravity, and glide with little change in attitude, managing its energy to reach the desired destination. In the target area, programmed steering equations would take over and turn the vehicle into a terminal dive and maneuver to the intended aimpoint.

Because of its enormous kinetic energy and high L/D, BGRV could glide downrange nearly 5,000 miles or turn out of plane cross range about 2,000 miles. At altitudes near 100,000 feet, there was so little atmosphere; turns took long distances to accomplish and resulted in higher loss of energy than forward fight. The entire flight to maximum range was almost 45 minutes, about twice as long as ballistic missile transit."
 
Boeing Boost Glide Weapon, 1958, from USAF FOIA library
 

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McDonnell Model 122B (Air Force WS-199D) Alpha Draco
There is a short video of a launch on the Boeing Images website:

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McDonnell Hypersonic Missile​

​In 1954 McDonnell Aircraft began development of test missiles based on the concept of aeroballistic or 'lifting body' flight.

Three McDonnell Hypersonic Missiles were launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1959. Level flight was achieved at Mach 5 within the Earth's atmosphere. McDonnell's design proved to be a breakthrough in the development of aerospace vehicles capable of atmospheric maneuvering at hypersonic speeds.
 

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